Distribution of Heavy Metal in the Cell Components of Heavy Metal-Tolerant Microorganisms

중금속내성균의 세포내 중금속 분포

Heavy metal-tolerant microorganisms, such as Pseudomonas putida, P. aeruginosa, P. chlororaphis and P. stutzeri which possessed the ability to accumulate cadmium, lead, zinc and copper, respectively, were isolated from industrial wastewaters and mine wastewaters polluted with various heavy metals. The distribution of heavy metal in the cell components, and amino acid compositions, was investigated. The distribution of heavy metal in the cell fractions of each heavy metal-tolerant microorganism grown for 20 hours in the basal medium containing 100mg/l of each heavy metal was investigated. In the case of cadmium-tolerant P. putida, lead-tolerant P. aeruginosa and copper-tolerant P. stutzeri, approximately $50{\sim}60%,\;30{\sim}40%$ and $10{\sim}17%$ of each heavy metal absorbed were distributed to cell wall, cell membrane and cytoplasm fractions, respectively. In the case of zinc-tolerant P. chlororaphis, approximately 32%, 55% and 13% of zinc were distributed to cell wall, cell membrane and cytoplasm fractions, respectively. These results indicated that the cell wall was a major adsorbing fraction of cadmium, lead and copper, and the cell membrane was that of zinc. Total amino acid content per gram of the cell grown in the culture media with heavy metal was higher than that of the cell grown in the culture media without heavy metal, and the content of acidic amino acids, such as aspartic acid(Asp.+Asn.) and glutamic acid(Glu.+Gln.) was higher than that of basic amino acids, such as histidine, lysine and arginine.

광산폐수, 산업폐수등으로 부터 Cd, Pb, Zn 및 Cu 등 중금속에 강한 내성을 지니고 있을 뿐만 아니라 균체내 중금속 축적능력이 우수한 중금속 내성 미생물 균주 Pseudomonas putida, P. aeruginosa, P. chlororaphis 및 P. stutzeri를 각각 분리하여, 세포 구성성분별 중금속 분포 및 중금속 처리 유무에 따른 균체내 amino acid 조성변화등을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 중금속이 100mg/l 농도로 첨가된 배지에서 20시간 배양한 중금속 내성균주들의 균체내 축적된 중금속의 세포 구성 성분별 분포도를 조사한 결과, Cd, Pb 및 Cu 내성균은 cell wall에 약 $50{\sim}60%$가 분포되어 있었고 cell membrane 및 cytoplasm에 각각 약 $30{\sim}40%$ 및 $10{\sim}17%$가 분포되어 있었다. 그러나 Zn 내성균주는 cell wall, cell membrane 및 cytoplasm에 각각 32%, 56% 및 13%가 분포되어 있었다. 중금속이 처리된 배지에서 배양한 중금속 내성균체의 g당 총 아미노산 함량은 중금속이 처리되지 않은 배지에서 배양한 균체에 비하여 높게 나타났으며, 산성 아미노산인 aspartic acid(Asp.+Asn.) 및 glutamic acid(Glu.+Gln)의 함량이 염기성 아미노산인 histidine, lysine, arginine에 비하여 많이 함유되어 있었다.